Sufficient reasons were given to the High Court in Kuala Lumpur for it to decide not to grant a permanent injunction application from Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak against DAP national publicity secretary Tony Pua, lawyer Gobind Singh Deo said today.

This is Najib's second suit against Pua, who is also Petaling Jaya Utara MP, over a Facebook Live posting made by Pua last April.

Najib claims that the words used in Pua’s live video posting on Facebook implied that he had abused his powers as prime minister by directing the cabinet, through the Dewan Rakyat speaker, to allow the tabling of amendments to the Syariah Court (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (Act 355) by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang to divert attention on 1MDB.

Gobind said his legal team had raised the defence of qualified privilege, justification and fair comment, which were highlighted in Pua's defence...